The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Thursday 9 July (Case C-343/19) that a car manufacturer who has sold illegally rigged vehicles in Member States other than the one where the vehicle was produced can be sued for compensation in the national courts where the vehicles were sold.
The Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI), an Austrian consumer protection association, brought an action before an Austrian court in September 2018 to claim damages from the German car...